Michael McCarthy 英国诺丁汉大学应用语言学荣休教授，致力于英语口语分析研究，对剑桥靠前语料库的开发做出了巨大贡献。目前任美国宾夕法尼亚大学和爱尔兰利默里大学应用语言学兼职教授。McCarthy教授是当代英语教学界的大师，在词汇教学、教材设计、字典编纂以及口语研究等领域都颇有建树。他的多部外语教学专著颇受教师青睐，其中包括 Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics，以及他与人合著的Vocabulary in Use系列。 Jeanne McCarten 有多国英语教学经验，曾在英国、瑞典、法国、马来西亚等国任教；具有多年的英语教材出版经验，专注于语法和词汇教材出版领域。她对剑桥靠前语料库英语口语部分的开发有很好贡献。 Helen Sandiford 有丰富而广泛的工作经验，曾任英语教师、教师培训师以及营销专员。在日本高中和专科院校从事英语教学工作达九年之久，曾在东亚各国多次主持英语教师培训班。
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Introduction Introduction Course components structure of the units in the Student’s Book Features of the units in the Student’s Book Corpus frequency: The top 500 spoken words Authors’ acknowledgments Scope and Sequence Student’s Book useful language Ideas on how to check answers Teaching notes Unit 1 Interesting lives Unit 2 Personal tastes Unit3 World culture Touchstone checkpoint Units 1-3 Unit4 Socializing Unit5 Law and order Unit6 Strange events Touchstone checkpoint Units 4-6 Unit7 Problem solving Unit8 Behavior Unit9 Material world Touchstone checkpoint Units 7-9 Unit10 Fame Unit11 Trends Unit12 Careers Touchstone checkpoint Units 10-12 Self-Study listening Homework ideas Language summaries Testing program Contents Written quizzes Written quizzes audio scripts Written quizzes answer key Written tests Written tests audio scripts Written tests answer key Oral quizzes Oral quizzes sample answers Oral tests Oral tests sample answers Score record sheet Student’s Book audio scripts Workbook answer key
